Egypt's president denies any military involvement in Libya after mystery airstrikes

August 24, 2014 11:04 AM

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CAIRO – Egypt's president has denied any military involvement in neighboring Libya, a day after Islamist militias accused Cairo of bombing their posts in Tripoli.

Egypt's state news agency MENA carried President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi's comments on Sunday. They came in response to accusations a day earlier by Islamist militias in Tripoli, who blamed Egypt and the United Arab Emirates for a series of mysterious airstrikes. The Libyan air force denied it was beh...